Barrel.



W. W. LYTLE.

BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1908.

926,502. Patented June 29, 1909.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR.

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UNTTED TATES PATENT OFFlt-Cltli WILLIAM W. LYTLE, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT S. MAUS, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 24, 1908.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Serial No. 445,176.

The invention consists in a barrel which i is constructed. of one or more staves pro video with crtmcs, and having heads which are reliably held in place through the medinm of stirrups. as will be hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical cross-sectional view of a barrel constructed in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 a perspective view of a barrel-stirrup,

shown detached.

The reterence numeral 5 designates the heads: and t3, the staves, which are bound by hoops T to form a barrel. The heads are each desirablv constructed of wood, as shown in the drawing, and which may advantageously be disposed to have the grain of the respective layers of a head rectangular to each other. To secure the heads in place, I employ a plurality of metallic fastening devices. each of which consists of a shank h which is bent at 9 and 10 to provide two lateral and oppositely directed portions 11 and 12, which, in turn, are respectively bent.

at 13 and it to provide oppositely directed portions 15 and 16 which are approximately parallel to the aforesaid shank, and att'ordmg a stirrup having two reversely arranged hooks, as best shown in F 1g. 2. The stirrup parts 15 terminate in points 17.

In application, a head is pierced in proximit of its periphery, as at 18, and at a distance 't'rom the head margin of about the length of the fastening part- 11. \Vithin the holes thus formed the parts 15 are inserted from the inner faces of a head, and the projecting points 17 are then turned over and driven back into the wood as at 19 to pro vide clenches to secin'ely hold the tastening's to the head. The head thus armed with hooks extending radially t'roni its periphery is inserted within the end ot the barrel so that the hooks will catch over the ends ot the slaves. see Fig. l, and tirmlv secured by a barrel-bola) being nailed over the stirrupparts in. By such derices the head is secnrelv held in place against being driven either inwardly or outwardly.

hat- I claim, is-

1. In a barrel. the combination with the stares and a h ad. o't stirrups adapted to hook over the ends of said stares and extending below the head having' a part which is passed through the head and clenched upon the ouler Face of the head.

2. In a barrel, the combination with. the slaves and a head tornied of two thicknesses of material, of stirrups adapted to hook over the ends of said stars and extending below the head having a part which is passed through the head and clenched upon the outer Face of the head. and a hoop tor rclaining the stirrup hooks in engaged po sition with said stares.

ln testin1on whcreot. l allix my signature in the presence. ot two witnesses.

DAVID R. MITCHELL, M. L. LONGFELLOW. 

